Overkill? My future laptop.

Jeroen

Member
Your thoughts on this setup please :).

I will use this laptop mainly for intensive use of several MS Office programmes at the same time, lots of web surfing, watching video's, using music writing programm, Photoshop & other Adobe applications and now and then I would like to game (BF3, Rust, Civ5, Maybe BF4...). (Ofcourse, gaming is the least important thing I want to do with my laptop)

I don't like waiting a lot for booting or loading applications. I love good sound and image quality.

I plan on using an external screen and mouse/keyboard combination when I'm at home.

Specs:

Chassis & Display Cosmos Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ (2.50GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X IMPACT 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 850M - 2.0GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
1st Hard Disk 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
M.2 SSD Drive 120GB INTEL® 525 mSATA MLC SSD (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card ASUS™ XONAR-U7 Compact 7.1 USB soundcard and headphone amplifier
Wireless/Wired Networking GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0
USB Options 3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery Cosmos Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (48.84WH)
Power Cable 1 x European Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Keyboard Language COSMOS SERIES BELGIAN KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media Windows 8.1 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Carry Case Targus Notepac 15.4" - 16" Carry Case CN01
Laptop Cooling Stands Zalman ZM-NC3 Ultra-Quiet Laptop Cooler, upto 17.3 inch
Keyboard & Mouse CM Storm Devastator Keyboard and Mouse
Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Gaming Mouse Pad SteelSeries QcK Gaming Mouse Pad
Webcam INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Headsets Corsair Vengeance 1500 v2 Dolby 7.1 USB Gaming Headset
Warranty 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery 2 DAY DELIVERY TO BELGIUM (€24)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
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keynes

Multiverse Poster
I don't think it is overkill. Looks fine but depends on your budget, you could try to push for a better chassis.
 

Jeroen

Member
Budget is around €1500 including everything on the list (so with keyboard, mouse, cooling stand, decent carry case...)

But why a better chassis?
 

Jeroen

Member
So do you think it would be worth paying €116 more to get these changes?

Chassis & Display Optimus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 860M - 2.0GB DDR5, 640 CUDA Cores - DirectX® 11
 
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